AN ACT relating to public school standards.
Amend KRS 156.070 to direct the Kentucky Board of Education to require that the Department of Education and all school districts adhere to transparency and privacy standards when outsourcing Web-based tasks to vendors; clarify vendor contract requirements; amend KRS 158.6453 to permit a local board of education or a school council to supplement the state board-approved academic content standards with higher and more rigorous standards and use them for curricular and instructional purposes; amend KRS 160.345 to clarify school council authority.

SCS - Retain original provisions except substitute cloud computing service providers for Web-based vendors.SFA (1, K. Stine) - Retain original provisions except clarify the role of school councils in supplementing academic content standards.HCS - Replace original provisions, except amend KRS 160.705 to include definitions relating to cloud computing; ensure that the Department of Education and school district contracts comply with federal and state privacy standards; describe parent and student access rights; amend KRS 160.710 and 160.720 to conform.HFA (1/P, J. Greer) - Create new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require high schools to include CPR training in health education curriculum; provide waiver from CPR training for students with disabilities or who are physically unable to perform the skill; clarify that high schools are not required to have an AED on the premises.HFA (2/Title, J. Greer) - Make title amendment.HFA (3, D. Keene) - Retain original provisions except delete requirement that the licensed proprietary institution specify the field of study when publicly disclosing the job placement rates of program graduates.HFA (4, D. Keene) - Retain original provisions except delete requirement that the licensed proprietary institution specify the field of study when publicly disclosing the job placement rates of program graduates.HFA (5/Title, D. Keene) - Make title amendment.HFA (6, M. Denham) - Retain original provisions; amend KRS 160.180 to specify annual training requirements for school board members; amend KRS 160.431 to require certification for a person initially employed as a school finance officer on or after July 1, 2015; require promulgation of administrative regulations to specify school finance officer certification process; require financial reports to be made by a school finance officer and the commissioner of education; require an annual review of school district financial reports; specify annual training requirements for school finance officers; amend KRS 156.111 to specify annual training requirements for school superintendents; amend KRS 161.020 to require certification for a person initially employed as a school finance officer on or after July 1, 2015.